Refiloe Mothapo
Refiloe Mothapo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 7 December 2021 – 28 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gumani Mukwevho |
| Constituency | Limpopo |
| In office 21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Limpopo |
| Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services | |
| In office 9 October 2018 – 7 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mathole Motshekga |
| Succeeded by | Gratitude Magwanishe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo is a South African politician served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress from 2014 until 2019 and again from 2021 until 2024.
Parliamentary career
[edit]In 2014, Mothapo was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa from the ANC's Limpopo list.[1] She was appointed to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services. On 8 March 2015, she became a member of the Constitutional Review Committee.[2]
On 17 May 2018, she was elected as an ANC Party Whip.[2] Mothapo became the whip of the ANC's Study Group on Justice and Correctional Services on 30 May 2018.[3][4] Mothapo was elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on 9 October 2018.[5] As chair of the Justice and Correctional Services portfolio committee, the portfolio committee rejected a request by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) to expedite procedures to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office as a similar process was instituted by the DA in the North Gauteng High Court and the committee believed that it was premature to run a parallel process.[6]
Mothapo was 17th on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from Limpopo for the 2019 general election.[7] At the election, she lost her seat.[8]
Following the resignation of ANC MP Gumani Mukwevho, the ANC selected Mothapo to take up her seat in the assembly. She was sworn in on 7 December 2021.[9] As of February 2022, she serves on the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.[2]
Mothapo was not an ANC parliamentary candidate in the 2024 general election and left parliament.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "2014 elections: List of ANC MPs elected to the National Assembly - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo". People's Assembly. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Appointment of Chairpersons and Whips | ANC Parliamentary Caucus". ancparliament.org.za. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "ANC appoints new committee chairpersons and whips". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Department of Correctional Services & JICS 2017/18 Annual Reports, with AGSA input and Deputy Ministers present | PMG". pmg.org.za. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Parliament rejects proposal to remove Public Protector | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "3 New ANC MP'S were sworn-in this afternoon, Tuesday 07th December 2021. They are; Mr Mike Basopu from EC, Ms Sindiswa Maneli FS and Ms Refiloe Mothapo from Limpopo". Twitter. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "The ANC`s candidate lists for the 2024 elections - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 3 December 2024.